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This is a post I wrote about my failed attempt to get my SEOmoz profile penalized in Google for keyword stuffing. My profile still ranks #1 in Google for [World's Greatest SEO], despite the fact that I repeated that phrase back-to-back, like 250 tim read more »
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a link builder had the 'nerve' (for lack of a better word), to post a public link exchange offer in not just a Google Group but in the the official "Google Webmaster Help" group, for all Googler's to see. read more »
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It just couldn't get worse. I mean, the top banner, all the wasted space (when I say wasted, it is really because it is, I do like clean and minimalist designs).

Well, what do you guys think about it, after having played with is a couple weeks? read more »
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You’ve picked a topic that your ideal readers are dying to know more about. You can write about the topic with authority. You’ve even chosen an interesting angle. In short, you’ve got a killer post that should bring your blog thousands of new reader read more »
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Erik-Jan discusses B2B link building and concludes that different goals are required than in B2C link building. He also explains why B2B link building is easier AND more difficult than B2C link building. read more »
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Recently, the PR firm of a very famous and lavishly wealthy public figure called me. One of his projects had gotten a lot of bad press. They asked how much it would cost to remove the negative information from Google. read more »
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Dana Lookadoo: Is a picture worth a thousand words? Maybe. Here is overview of a few photo editing tools you may consider. Determine your goals, first.

What type of photos do you need to create and edit?

* Avatars for a your Social Media p read more »
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The conclusion: all other things being equal (e.g., marketing budget, content quality, design, affiliation with larger websites and so on), a website with a good domain name will always outperform a competitor with a bad or average domain name. read more »
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Lee Odden: With Search Engine Strategies San Jose just around the corner, I thought it timely and appropriate to share insights on how you can get the most out of marketing conferences. read more »
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Brian Carter makes a hilarious break dancing video of Brian Chappell & I. Great for a laugh, hope you all enjoy as much as I did. read more »
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A little background on why we chose The Children's Hospital for the IM Charity Party. read more »
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Joost's on a roll today. Here is a list of his 8 must-have WordPress SEO plugins (several of which he has also written). This dovetails with his "WordPress SEO Guide" and should be bookmarked by anyone carrying out WP optimisation. read more »
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The mainstream media are paying more attention to outbound linking, starting with a 4 week trial of "linking out to external sources from within the body text of its news articles" on the BBC. read more »
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Breadcrumbs are a great utility, both for usability and SEO. They allow people and search engines to easily determine the structure of a domain. Good reasons for Joost to add them as an action point in his WordPress SEO guide. Now he gives us the pl read more »
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Ann Smarty writes, "Keyword position should not be the ultimate goal of SEO campaign and hence it shouldn’t be an SEO process success metric. That’s the point I’d like to further discuss here. I’ve outlined the pros and cons of most popular SEO meas read more »
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Hot ass social media tips from Chris Winfield, Justilien Gaspard, Fionn Downhill, & Jennifer Laycock. SearchEngine People's Jennifer Osbourne hits the ball out of the park with her coverage from SES San Jose. read more »
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Funny thing the site has 19 000 links pointing to it but that not even 5% of it is legitimate! read more »
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One of the problems with working on Small Business SEM is content development. So far we know what keywords we are targeting, who our link market is, and how to gain those links. But in order to target a large range of the long tail keywords, we do read more »
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Indenting has just begun at Yahoo Search. read more »
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